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Speaker Interview: Ron EvansSubmitted by Larry Cafiero on Mon, 2015-02-16 13:34
If Ron Evans has anything to do with it, he wants to make sure the "Internet of Things" doesn't become the "AOL of Things." Ron's talk on Full Scale Robotics will be held on SCALE 13x Saturday at 6. The SCALE Team caught up with Ron to ask him about his presentation.
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The study of multicultural/multilingual issues (MMI) is a virtual neonate within the field of communication sciences and disorders (CSD). Even newer is the inclusion of MMI content in the professional education of speech-language pathologists (SLP) and audiologists. As a result, courses specifically focused on MMI are not being offered on a widespread basis at this time. The intent of this meta-analysis is to provide an overview of various types of possible courses that address MMI within our field. The following is primarily based on 13 sample syllabi from MMI courses in CSD departments/programs collected from the World Wide Web as well as from fellow CSD colleagues specializing in MMI education. Our analysis was further informed by write-in responses from a nationwide survey probing faculty members about their methods and attitudes concerning infusion of MMI within the CSD curriculum (Stockman, Boult, & Robinson (2003), a Poster Presented at the 2003 ASHA Convention).
Although both theoretical and applied aspects of MMI were addressed by all of the course syllabi that were examined in this analysis, these two areas were never equally addressed. All the course syllabi examined tended to focus more strongly on either theory or application. The syllabi with a theoretical focus tended to address general principles of language and social structure and how they varied across cultural groups. In contrast, the syllabi with a more applied focus tended to address differences specifically as they relate to disorders and clinical methods. The following is a list of course titles in this dichotomous paradigm:
I. Theoretical A. Generally Theoretical 1. Culture, Language, and Learning 2. Social-Cultural Aspects of Communication B. Specifically Theoretical 1. Bilingualism Seminar II. Applied A. Generally Applied 1. Language Dialect Differences in Applied Contexts 2. Multicultural Issues in Communicative Disorders 3. Multicultural Issues in Language Disorders 4. Multicultural Issues in SLP 5. Communication Disorders in Multicultural Populations 6. Multilingual Language Disorders 7. Cultural and Linguistic Diversity in Communication Disorders 8. Seminar: Multicultural Issues in Communicative Disorders B. Specifically Applied 1. Clinical Practicum: Communication Disordersin Bilingual/MulticulturalClients
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Some central topics emerged from this analysis that were related to the primary focus of the courses. Below is a listing of some topics that were addressed under these two types of courses:
Many of the syllabi identify the different cultural groups that are discussed during the course. Below is a list of the different groups mentioned along with a frequency count of how many syllabi included each particular group.
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The New York State Senate voted to deny the right to marry to millions of New Yorkers. I am deeply saddened by the actions of the New York Senate. By choosing to stand on the wrong side of history, they stood also against the wishes of the people of New York - because polls show that a majority of New Yorkers want equality.
I am especially saddened because our Senator, George Onorato, was among those who voted against equality. Senator Onorato stood against the wishes of the people he represents in Western Queens. In March, 2,500 of us rallied for equality. Less than 20 people rallied against. Our senator once again ignored the voices of the people he represents.
Sadly, today's vote was about much more than a broken senate that fails to represent the will of the people. It was an immoral decision that denied a fundamental civil right to millions of people.
I believe that marriage is a civil right and that the love that many gay people share deserves the same legal protections as the love that my wife and I share. The state should not be in the business of telling adults they can't get married because of their sexual orientation.
Martin Luther King, Jr. famously said that, "justice delayed is justice denied." Today, the New York Senate again denied justice to our fellow citizens. Dr. King also said that, "the moral arc of the universe is long, but it bends toward justice."
Time is on our side. Like our brothers and sisters who marched for interracial marriage, we will win this great struggle for justice. We will get marriage equality in New York. History will judge the senators who voted against equal rights. And so will the voters.
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Every so often we must pause, take a deep breath, look inward, and then ask ourselves the question that has been plaguing America for years now: "What ever happened to the fanny pack?"
Every so often we must pause, take a deep breath, look inward, and then ask ourselves the question that has been plaguing America for years now: "What ever happened to the fanny pack?"
More and more, I see that fanny packs are not part of the American landscape, and it troubles me. Truth is, late at night, when the rest of you are curled up like comatose chipmunks, I am up, wondering and worrying, pondering and pontificating, spewing and speculating about this long-lost accessory.
I pray that I am not alone in my quest for fanny knowledge.
But one never knows.
Nonetheless, before I delve into the F-pack's mysterious disappearance from our waistlines, I'd like to answer some general questions about the bag, in the truly sad and unfortunate event that fanny packs have not been part of your life.
Q: What is a fanny pack?
A: A fanny pack is a small, zippered pouch that is held at the waist by a strap around the hips. It can be worn many ways: forward, to the side, to the rear, over your aching head when packed with ice. Functional as it may be, it is illegal in many countries, as the egregious sight has been known to cause blindness, if not, death.
Q: Who invented the fanny pack?
A: Fanny packs were invented in l962 by Mrs. Melba Stone, a downtrodden Australian widow with 10 kids. One day, while tearing her last hair out, she spotted a kangaroo in her backyard and had an epiphany. Her pack, one of the largest to date, held several children at one time, leaving her hands free to smack some sense into the others. Rumor has it Melba went on to invent hair scrunchies and legwarmers.
Q: Who wears a fanny pack?
A: Many diverse groups. Americans who want to scream, "I'M A TOURIST! ROB ME!" Bikers and hikers who need their fingers free to deal with Spandex adhesion brought on by rampant sweating. New mothers with hormone imbalances. Renaissance-faire dorks who think it's a codpiece. Men who wish to remain single until the Grim Reaper pays a late-night visit.
Q: Why were they so popular in the '80s?
A: Many blame it on pronounced mental confusion caused by all the hair perms during that fashion-disaster decade. However, it's important to remember that F-packs were not the sole fashion faux pas during that time. Let's not forget linebacker shoulder pads, parachute pants, slouch socks, big hair, and stirrup leggings.
Q: But fanny packs are incredibly useful ... why have they been so tragically dumped?
A: Who are we? Where did we come from? Does Donald Trump wear a toupee?
There are some mysteries that can never be answered. And, unfortunately, the enigmatic downfall of the fanny pack is one of them. No question, fanny packs are useful, especially when you're out and about and you've got a raging case of poison ivy. But, be that as it may, they have fallen from grace and no one quite knows why.
Some blame it on the lumpy, unflattering silhouette a fanny pack creates (especially with frontal wearing), while others blame it on painful floggings by F-pack denouncers.
Q: Did you ever wear a fanny pack?
A: I have the right to remain silent until I consult my attorney.
Anne Palumbo writes this weekly column for Messenger Post Newspapers. E-mail: firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Sour grapes: Neighbors fermenting over Kluge plan
In a normally quiet corner of southern Albemarle County, neighbors who own hundreds of acres– and those who own a couple of acres– came together June 4 united in a common cause: opposition to Patricia Kluge's vision.
Kluge, a former billionaire's wife turned vintner, wants to build a new subdivision. Dubbed Vineyard Estates, the 511-acre subdivision would combine vineyards, orchards, and meadows with 30 homesites.
And it's got a twist. In contrast to the 21-acre parcels that have become standard for million-dollar mansions in rural areas, the plan would interweave houses around vineyards on five- to seven-acre lots.
Kluge sees it as an innovative way to create a new rural community around a vineyard, but some neighbors see it as a dangerous precedent– and they're circulating petitions to stop it.
The idea stems from Kluge's desire to expand Kluge Estate Winery and Vineyard from its current 50 acres ultimately to 200 acres.
"We asked a vineyard expert to do a soil study," says her husband and Kluge Estate CEO Bill Moses. "He picked three or four of the best areas to plant."
Moses points to an aerial map of the now-controversial parcel that's been logged and replanted. "The land is in terrible shape," he says. The couple wants to keep 313 acres in a preservation tract that would include 75 acres in new vineyards and another 80 acres for orchards and meadows.
It's on the remaining 176 acres that they want to pursue their unconventional idea.
"On the face of it, this doesn't meet most design standards of rural preservation development," says county senior planner Margaret Doherty. "In this case, five-acre lots surrounded by and interspersed with vineyards is a new model for the county. We need more information to make a decision."
But it's not the thinking outside the box that's going to be the biggest challenge for Vineyard Estates. The project is further hampered by the fact that 365 acres lie in an agricultural and forestal district, which prohibits subdividing into lots smaller than 21 acres.
By right, they could divide the land into fifteen 21-acre lots and 15 smaller lots, says Moses. Or, they could wait until the ag-forestal zoning expires in 2008 and divide the property into 43 lots.
The problem with the by-right plan is that it would preclude putting in the 75 acres of new grape plantings. "It's so important to know where to plant," explains Moses. "We've got to clear all the land and let it sit for a year. And then it's going to take me four years to get a mature yield. I don't want to wait until 2008 to plant and then have to wait until 2012 for a mature vineyard."
Moses took the idea of the vineyard subdivision to five of the county's six supervisors. "We were encouraged," he says. "I do think I've been a little misled."
Sally Thomas is one of the supes. "I was extremely enthusiastic," she confirms. "Someone was trying to do something truly agricultural, and there were many interesting aspects of the project."
However, Thomas says, "When he showed it to me, I didn't realize a portion was in ag-forestal. That makes a tremendous difference."
Lindsay Dorrier, chairman of the supervisors, also talked to Moses. "It's an ambitious project," he says. But with land still in an ag-forestal district, he says, "I don't know how you'll get around that."
Moses checked with the county and was told that a special use permit could be issued if the use furthers agricultural purposes. "I said I'm trying to do less than provided by right," he relates. "I asked, 'Don't you think this furthers agriculture in the county?'"
The agricultural and forestal committee apparently didn't, and in an April 28 meeting recommended a thumbs-down.
Those are the legal obstacles facing Vineyard Estates. Then there are the neighbors.
Virginia Klumpp and Bessie Carter attended the June 4 gathering at Antoinette Brewster's Lanark farm. Estimates on the number of attendees range from 50 to 100. Brewster did not return phone calls from The Hook.
"Those I've talked to are against it," says Carter, who lives at historic Redlands, about three miles away from Kluge's Albemarle House. "We'd like to see the whole area remain agricultural." (She notes that this has nothing to do with Kluge. "I have reason to like her personally," says Carter.)
"We are all scared to death," says Klumpp, whose family moved to the area in the 1950s. "Back then, the area was peopled with Bishops and Pattersons and Shiffletts who had been there for generations. We didn't want to come to some upscale, snazzy development. We came here because it was simple."
Klumpp is worried that Vineyard Estates would set a dangerous precedent for development both inside and outside the agricultural and forestal district. She's also concerned about traffic, water usage, and the "tract mansion look."
Both she and Carter would prefer that if Kluge must divide, she do so into the 21-acre by-right lots.
"Let's face it, no one's going to farm 21-acre lots," Moses counters. And he shudders at the thought of another Blandemar, the Ivy/North Garden subdivision of huge, million-dollar houses dotting the field on 21-acre lots.
Piedmont Environmental Council's Jeff Werner was at the neighborhood meeting, too. "The neighbors are extraordinarily concerned out there," he says. The PEC opposes the special use permit because, says Werner, "it will erode the integrity of the ag-forestal district."
On June 5, the day after the neighborhood meeting, Kluge and Moses wrote a letter to their neighbors explaining their plans and asking them to reserve judgment until they can present the project to the neighborhood.
Werner says it's being called the "Dear Peasant" letter around the 'hood.
"I'm a little disappointed in a lot of the neighbors," says Moses. "Not one called us up and said, 'We'd like to talk.'"
Kluge and Moses' planner, Frank Cox of the Cox Company, will meet with county planners to address the county's concerns on June 25, after The Hook's press time.
And Moses is braced for a Planning Commission public hearing, even though he fears, "It's going to be a large stink."
He believes that the bottom line is that his neighbors don't want any more houses, period.
"We're not developers in a vineyard's sheep's clothing," says Moses. "We're interested in building a winery. This is a nice transition from large, useless lots to something that promotes agriculture."
And he points out one last consideration. "We live across the street from this. We'd never do anything so deleterious to the area. We're not going to shoot ourselves in the foot."
Next week: Neighbors complain about Kluge's gourmet farm store in their midst.Read more on: patricia kluge


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ASTON VILLA defender Richard Dunne is poised to return to training later this week after undergoing three operations this season.
Republic of Ireland international Dunne, who is out of contract at Villa this summer, has been sidelined all season by groin and hip problems.
Villa have sorely missed his experience at the heart of their defence, particularly during the absence of captain Ron Vlaar with a calf problem.
It has been a nightmare 12 months for 33-year-old Dunne, who was also out injured for nearly three months with a shoulder problem before returning at the very end of last season.
Villa boss Paul Lambert said: "If you look when Richard did his shoulder, he only came back for a couple of games and then had the groin problem at the Euros.
"He's not played much football for a year, really.
"But the (latest) operation in America was successful and the main thing for everyone is to get him back fit."
Villa's head of European scouting, Michael Henke, is to leave the club next month for a coaching role with German second division outfit FC Ingolstadt.


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CRESTVIEW � Members of a Crestview church are looking forward to serving their new neighborhood and the community after an unexpected, sometimes bumpy journey to their new location across town from their former West James Lee Boulevard location.
CRESTVIEW � A Crestview church�s pastor looks forward to serving the community following an unexpected, bumpy journey to a new location across town from its former West James Lee Boulevard location.
�Three Sundays to get out�
During a congregational celebration at Grace Redeemer Presbyterian Church's former home last summer, a damper was thrown on the evening when the church's property owner told the Rev. David Young, the church�s pastor, to expect a $1,000 a month raise in rent.
Unable to meet the request, the church vacated its home of two years.
"He said we basically had three Sundays to get out," Young said. "That begins our saga. We were on a month-to-month lease. The owner got a good offer he couldn't refuse. We couldn't meet it so we started looking for a new home.
�We didn't realize how hard it is to get into a new building."
Thus began a cross-town odyssey; though not rivaling the Israelites' 40 years in the desert, it was a substantial, half-year upheaval for the young congregation that included unexpected challenges with city regulations.
Meeting city regulations
Scrambling for space, the church found a suitable location in a former warehouse and church on Goodwin Avenue off SouthFerdon Boulevard. The building had been unoccupied for a year or two, Young said.
"When we came in here we said, 'Yeah, we can work with this,'" he said.
The church moved into the building during the last week of August 2012. Before erecting a sign out front, Young checked with the Crestview Planning and Zoning Department to ensure Grace Redeemer wouldn't run afoul of signage regulations.
The church�s sign, it turned out, was the least of their problems, Young said.
"Parking for a warehouse was not nearly sufficient for an assembly at a church," Crestview City Planner Eric Davis said. "They also had to do a few improvements to the storm water system and put in a swell (trench) to carry storm water to the pond in the back of the building."
Indoors, Young said, work included blocking off an industrial garage door to meet heating and air conditioning code, and running loose electrical wiring through conduit.
"The inside stuff was easy compared to getting the parking area and driveway taken care of," Davis said.
�We just kept pluggin� along�
It wasn't until after Thanksgiving, after appearing before two Planning and Zoning committees and the city council, that Grace Redeemer got final approval for the needed repairs.
"Eric has been our little angel over in City Hall," Young said. "There were times when I felt the city was against us, but he stood up for us. The city told us all the reasons we shouldn't be in this building, but we just kept pluggin' along."
Davis coached church members through improvements, Young said. Having been a contractor before receiving his calling to ministry, Young said, "It's been like the old days. I felt more like a skilled laborer the last several months than a pastor. It's been fun!"
City landscape-buffer rules required the congregation to provide greenery � exactly four trees � out front along industrial Goodwin Avenue, which is lined with the county Public Works yard and contracting firm warehouses.
While its new home was being renovated, the congregation met at the Crestview Knights of Columbus lodge at Twin Hills Park.
"The Knights of Columbus were amazingly accommodating," Young said. "They bent over backwards for us."
During its transition, the church maintained its support of a Haitian orphanage, which has grown from 38 children to 160. Young also ministers to inmates at the county jail. Some recently released former prisoners volunteered their carpentry and electrical skills to help renovate the new church.
"All of this is bigger than us, but God is bigger than that," Young said. "This is a humble beginning but it is a nice presence. But it's been a good journey.
�The Lord's been good to us."
Want to go?
Grace Redeemer Presbyterian Church meets at 2799 Goodwin Ave., Crestview.
Schedule: Sunday school, 9:15 a.m.; coffee fellowship, 10 a.m.; and worship, 10:30 a.m.
The public is invited to a March 10 launch celebration following morning worship, with games, a bounce house, hotdogs and frozen lemonade. In addition, congregation members will plant a garden behind the church.
Contact News Bulletin Staff Writer Brian Hughes at 850-682-6524 or email@example.com. Follow him on Twitter @cnbBrian.


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An incident
Went in yesterday to see Aunt Olla at the Hilton. She was in fine form, and told some stories I had not heard before. Namely, she recalled an incident which happened in Ulen in the mid-1920s where a Negro boy was accused of assaulting a local woman. The mob chased him across fields until they caught him right by the Bergeson farm. Aunt Olla figured the woman was probably making up the story and that the poor kid--he was just a kid--didn't know what hit him when the sheriff's posse arrived from town with chains and guns galore. "He looked so frightened in the back of the car," she said. "I told him I felt sorry for him."
Another story: A neighbor lady named Geneva would come over to bathe the two youngest boys in the family on Sunday afternoon. They didn't like it, but she was assertive and made sure they got a good shampooing. One wonders what led to that ritual.
When Aunt Gertrude was a young mother, she needed surgery over in Ada. They had no money, so the neighbors threw a party and raised the necessary amount. My grandfather Melvin drove Mama and Olla over to the party. He was all of sixteen. They had a Model T with the top down. Well, Melvin (they called him Mike) wanted to go home but Mama was visiting...and visiting...and visiting. She was particularly fond of Mrs. Dunham, and the two just wouldn't shut up. When finally Olla and Mama got in the car, Mike drove so fast home that Mama and Olla thought they were going to get thrown from the car. He was furious.
Eldest Brother Roy made a hammock out of a bedspring which the kids thought was great fun. Olla didn't dare sleep in the hammock, but she did sleep on the porch one night. She took the spot right near the door as she wanted to be able to get inside in case Gypsies came. Roy also poured a sidewalk from the drive up to the house, an unheard of luxury at the time. He was a forward thinker, even at age 18. But Roy always had to lay down the law with Olla, as she would rather play than work, even into her 20s.
Olla figures it was probably for the best that their Dad died at age 42 or the kids wouldn't have had nearly the fun they did. "He would have put a stop to it," she said, while Mama was a gentle soul who never minded if the kids stayed up until dawn playing cards.
Mama once ventured to Grand Forks for a gathering of Stavanger Norwegians. Her only instructions to Olla, who was hopeless with chorse, were to feed her chicken who had a brood of chicks. Of course Olla completely forgot and there the chickens were stone dead when Mama got back. But she didn't say anything.


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Kevin Langan became the seventh coach in the 36-year history of the 49ers men's soccer program on January 3, 2012. Langan, who was Charlotte's associate head coach prior to becoming head coach, has been a member of the 49ers coaching staff for the last six seasons. Langan enters the 2015 season with a 41-14-7 record (.718) as 49ers head coach, which is the highest winning percentage by a head coach in his first three years in Charlotte 49ers men's soccer program's history.
As a member of the coaching staff since 2009, Langan played an integral role in helping the 49ers reach the College Cup Finals in 2011. During his six years as a member of the 49ers coaching staff, Charlotte has won 81 games, reached a College Cup Championship game, captured two Atlantic 10 regular-season titles, a Conference USA regular-season title and a Conference USA Tournament title and made five NCAA Tournament appearances.
During his three seasons as head coach, the 49ers have reached the NCAA Tournament three times including garnering a national seed twice. Sixteen players have earned All-Conference honors including nine named to the first-team, along with five more being named to the All-Freshman teams. Two players (Donnie Smith and Kyle Parker) have garnered Conference individual honors over the last three years. Thirteen players have received NSCAA All-Region honors, including seven on the first-team. Eight Niners have earned NSCAA Scholar All-Region honors and three players (Donnie Smith, Tyler Gibson and Aidan Kirkbride) earned NSCAA Scholar-All-American honors. Tyler Gibson also was named a 2013 CoSIDA Academic All-American. Over the last three years, five players have gone onto professional soccer careers.
In his first season as head coach of the 49ers, he guided Charlotte to the most successful season by a first-year head coach in the program's history. In 2012, Langan guided the 49ers to 15 wins, an Atlantic 10 regular-season title, an appearance in the second-round of the NCAA Tournament before losing to the eventual runners-up Georgetown, and a national ranking the entire season. In 2012, the team posted the second-best defensive record in the program's history and celebrated two NSCAA Scholar All-Americans (Tyler Gibson and Donnie Smith). He also became the first coach in the program's history to start their career undefeated after seven games. In addition, two 49ers (Donnie Smith and Jennings Rex) were drafted by the MLS in his first year.
In his second season as head coach of the 49ers, he guided Charlotte to a Conference USA Tournament title, a national seed in the NCAA Tournament and a national ranking for the majority of the season. In 2013, two 49ers earned national academic honors as Tyler Gibson was named a CoSIDA Capital One Academic All-American and Aidan Kirkbride earned NSCAA Scholar All-American honors.
In his third season as head coach, he guided Charlotte to a Conference USA regular-season title, a national seed in the NCAA Tournament and a national ranking for the majority of the season. At one point in the season, the 49ers were ranked number one in the RPI. In 2014, Langan earned NSCAA Southeast Regional Coach of the Year honors.
In 2009, as an assistant coach at Charlotte, the 49ers made their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament since 1997. Charlotte ended third-ranked Wake Forest's nation's-best 46-game unbeaten streak against non-conference opponents. In 2010, Charlotte captured the program's first-ever Atlantic 10 regular-season title. In 2011, Charlotte reached the College Cup for the second time in school history and advanced to the College Cup finals for the first time. The 49ers won 16 games which tied for the second most wins in the program's history.
"It is a great time to be the head coach of the Charlotte 49ers men's soccer program," Langan said. "The university boasts some of the best soccer facilities in the country. We are a part of an athletic department that is growing and hungry for success. We have worked hard to develop a great culture around the program and we are confident that we will continue to bring success to Charlotte."
In 2012, Langan coached the Charlotte Soccer Academy U-16 team to the United States Soccer Federation Academy Finals Week in Houston (top 8 teams in the country) for the first time in the club's history. Charlotte was one of only three non-MLS Academies to make finals week.
Before moving to Charlotte, Langan spent four years as the head boys' coach of the Classics Elite Soccer Academy in San Antonio, Texas (now called the San Antonio Scorpions USSF Academy). He also coached the Classics Elite Soccer Academy's U-18 USSF Academy team in 2008-2009.
As a collegiate player, Langan was a standout player for the University of the Incarnate Word in San Antonio, Texas for the 2004-05 seasons. He captained them to a number one national ranking and the NCAA Division II Elite Eight in 2004. In his two seasons at Incarnate Word, he was named Regional Defensive Player of the Year, Student-Athlete of the Year and the International Graduate Student of the Year.
The Jersey, United Kingdom native also represented Great Britain at two World University Games; in 2001 in Beijing, China and then captaining the team in Daegu, South Korea in 2003. He was also selected to play for the England National Futsal Team on a Tour of Portugal in 2003.
In England, Langan played professionally with Bristol City FC for six seasons and Forest Green Rovers FC for four years. For Bristol City he made his Cup debut against Swansea City FC and his League debut versus Wigan Athletic as an 18-year old. During his time at Bristol City FC he played in the team that won promotion to the Championship in 1998. He also played against Premier League sides, Liverpool FC, Southampton FC and West Ham United.
Langan graduated with a "First Class Honors" Bachelor's Degree in Coaching Education and Sports Performance from the University of Bath (England) in 2004 and with a Master's Degree in Sports Management from the University of the Incarnate Word in 2006. He also holds his USSF Coaching "A" License.
Langan, his wife Sally and son Ben (1) reside in Charlotte.


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Yet the Arts are often seen by the uninitiated as a vague, abstract concept. That's why at BCC, our Fine Arts programmes not only teach students about the importance of the Arts for their own development. They teach them how to teach others.
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These contribute to a vibrant environment for students and the wider public, fully embracing the concept of a 'community'.
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One of the most important resources within the Division of Fine Arts is our faculty of full and part-time teachers, many of whom are also leading practitioners in their fields as:
They are committed to developing the creative potential of students and, by extension, to raising the level of the visual and performing arts throughout the wider society. Graduates of our programmes are currently contributing to a wide cross-section of professions in education, entertainment and the commercial fields, while some are independent practitioners.
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|ムサイ Musai
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Musai (ムサイ, Musai) is a Kumogakure shinobi.
Musai was shown to have some sense of humour preaching a departure to Nonota, he also seemed a little insecure in the presence of adversaries.
Musai has dull-black hair and a beard that partly covers his sideburns. He wears the standard outfit of the Kumogakure shinobi and an Allied Shinobi Forces forehead protector which he wears like a bandanna. He also wears a dull green scarf. After being slashed by Nonota, he has a scar that runs across his nose.
Musai is knowledgeable on the techniques of previous Kumogakure shinobi, understanding how to fight Toroi when he was reincarnated. [1] He also has fast reflexes, being able to successfully avoid Toroi's shuriken. [2] The anime showed that he is trained in the art of taijutsu and that he possesses great leadership abilities.[3]
Part II
Fourth Shinobi World War: Confrontation
During the Fourth Shinobi World War, he and Nonota were ambushed by a reincarnated Toroi. Recognising his fellow Kumo shinobi, Musai tried to alert Nonota about Toroi's techniques, but they were attacked before he could finish. After Nonota was magnetised, he further explained Toroi's abilities. Both are saved by the arrival of Naruto Uzumaki and Killer B, Naruto slamming a Rasengan against Toroi.
Musai explained how they were headed to Headquarters when they were separated from F and the others, only to be shocked by B, who revealed that F was actually a transformed White Zetsu. In the anime, after they left, Musai and Nonota were briefly suspicious of the other being a transformed White Zetsu as well, before realising the enemy tried to kill them both, meaning they were both on the same side. They laughed it off, and then Musai joked, pretending to be a transformed White Zetsu, only for Nonota to slash his nose with a kunai in defence.
He and Nonota later met up with their regiment while carrying Toroi, after explaining how Naruto and B had saved them, Torune arrived and summoned a group of Kabuto's "failures" to retrieve Toroi and the Third Raikage, among them was Musai's father Osoi, who he noted to a comrade had never made it past chūnin much to his father's annoyance. After promising his father to tell the Raikage he and Toroi had died fighting for the sake of the village, they said goodbye as his father was sealed.
Kaguya Ōtsutsuki Strikes
In the anime, Musai is seen on the battlefield after being freed from the Infinite Tsukuyomi by Naruto and Sasuke.
- His name means "talentless" (無才). It is also a shortened form for "filthy", "squalid", or "dirty".
- Though a nameless character in the manga, Musai was only named in the anime, in the ending credits.


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From Andrew Gelman (picked up on the Marginal Revolution blog). Very sound and clear advice.
The order is rather different from that which I suggest for writing a dissertation here. That is because Gelman's approach suits writing up a paper after the research has been completed, and is about communicating it effectively. Students doing dissertations are often writing concurrently with undertaking the work, and the structure of the article should provide some scaffolding of that process. Having said that, I acknowledge that "writing up" often does not work that way.
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Toxic Levels of Vitamin D found in Nutro Cat Food
Don Earl of Pet Food Products Safety Alliance notified me this evening regarding some lab test results his (tremendous) organization received today (May 4, 2010). The lab results found toxic levels of Vitamin D; over 1,000 times recommended by the National Research Council.
"Test results are back on a sample of what is believed to be Nutro Chicken Meal and Rice cat food Lot # 09 01 10 11:03. This is from the same batch of food we tested below on the March 22, 2010 results. The pet owner's cat nearly died after eating the food for 5 days and the symptoms appeared to be consistent with toxic levels of Vitamin D." Click Here to read the lab results.
Don Earl reported this issue to the FDA hours after receiving the test results; no one (as of this writing) from the FDA has returned his call. Read Pet Food Products Safety Alliance story here: http://www.pfpsa.org/news.html
ConsumerAffairs.com has over 500 consumer complaints in the last two years regarding Nutro Pet Foods. Journalist Lisa McCormick confirmed with the FDA that Nutro Pet Food was under investigation (by the FDA) yet no recall has been issued. http://www.consumeraffairs.com/news04/2009/04/nutro_foia.html
How many pets have to die? How many pets have to become ill before the FDA takes action? The FDA itself has hundreds of reports of sick pets all linked to this pet food company…why has nothing been done to stop the deaths and illnesses?
If you or anyone you know feeds a Nutro Pet Food (dog or cat food) please be very cautious. Please share this pet food warning with other pet owners.


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In which issues concerning the profession of philosophy are
bitched griped about
Monday, June 27, 2011
Crito: What Really Happened.
via Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal.
--Mr. Zero
15 comments:
God, that was stupid and juvenile.
- June 27, 2011 at 10:21 PM
- Mr. Zero said...
But in a good way, obviously.
- June 28, 2011 at 6:24 AM
Not at all. It was immature, offensive, and a waste of my time. It was a cheap shot at a historical figure that served no purpose but to get a smirk from types who get a laugh out of seeing someone mentioned in freshman year yell "Boner!"
Why did you post it? Did I miss something?
- June 28, 2011 at 8:06 AM
- Mr. Zero said...
Why did you post it?
For all the reasons you mentioned.
- June 28, 2011 at 8:14 AM
Hey, does anyone know what's going on with Zombie, Jaded Dissertator, and Second Suitor? I really miss them!
When are they coming back?
- June 28, 2011 at 9:27 AM
Well, Zombie has a job now. I assume that means we will hear less from her. I for one would love to see more comics by Jaded, however.
- June 28, 2011 at 9:17 PM
- Ben said...
We may well hear less from Zombie, but I thought it was suggested that we would continue to hear from her, with the blog dealing with a range of issues confronting young academics, from finding a job to dealing with one (and the tenure track) when you do. I sure hope so. (But there might be need, soon, for new blood amongst the bloggers.)
- June 29, 2011 at 12:35 AM
Ditto Ben's sentiment.
With all due respect, invite some more guest bloggers. Zero is well...Zero.
Personally I'd rather hear from philosophers young and old, male and female, who've been struggling on the job market for 5 plus years. People who have jobs just make me bitter and envious.
- June 29, 2011 at 8:08 AM
- BunnyHugger said...
Anon 8:08: Been on the market to varying degrees since 2004, myself, if that makes you feel at all better (in the sense of commiseration, rather than the sense of enjoying my suffering). One of the things that has begun to disturb me is just how old I am. I suspect if I hit 40 without finding a tenure-track position (and that will not be as long from now as I would like) that I should probably officially give up. Not like how I throw my hands in the air every single year and declare that I'm giving up, but actually give up for real.
- June 29, 2011 at 11:05 AM
You have my sympathies, BunnyHugger.
How about it, Mr. Zero? What about inviting some of the rest of us to join the Smoker as guest bloggers? You could let a whole bunch of us write and moderate one or two guest posts each, and then winnow us down to three or so.
You know, kind of like 'House' in Season 4.
Here are my own credentials: I left a regular position at a SLAC (really a glorified CC) for ethical reasons last year, applied to 85 positions this year, and got nothing. This year, I'm giving it my last shot.
I have stories to tell and questions to ask about administrative and professional incompetence, job-related despair and depression, the job market, and ethical obligations to students.
If you're interested, just let me know in this thread and I'll send you an email.
- June 29, 2011 at 12:06 PM
- Mr. Zero said...
Hi 40YO,
You could let a whole bunch of us write and moderate one or two guest posts each, and then winnow us down to three or so.
This is an interesting suggestion. However, there are some practical/procedural problems. As far as I can tell, the blogspot software will not allow me to assign moderation privileges for individual threads. And if we winnowed a large group down to a few, we would have to reject some people, and I, for one, would hate to have to do that.
However, if you've got something you'd like us to post, please email us at "philosophysmoker [at] gmail [dot] com" or to me directly at "zero.mrr [at] gmail [dot] com".
- June 29, 2011 at 1:36 PM
I would love to hear 40yo, noTT's story.
I am in my early 40s have tenure and think that working at my university is immoral, and I cannot seem to get a better job. I also cannot quite seem to pull the trigger to quit.
The university I work at wouldn't even classify as a glorified CC. If only we were a CC. We're just bad and stealing money from student who shouldn't be in college. And don't get me started on incompetent colleagues and administrators (incompetent holds wide scope here)!
- June 29, 2011 at 1:49 PM
Anon 1:49, is this what you need?
- June 29, 2011 at 6:08 PM
Thanks for the encouragement, Anon 1:49. I'll write Mr. Zero soon with my post. I also want to hear your stories. Maybe once my post is up, you could add a comment!
- June 29, 2011 at 6:51 PM
Thanks for the video, zero. I enjoy crude humor about boners and such before starting research. The rest of you should get the rigid designators out of your butts.
- June 30, 2011 at 8:37 AM


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The Bisons modern era home run king was back in Buffalo to run a 3-day advanced hitting academy at Coca-Cola Field. The only player in the modern era to have his number retired by the team, Jeff Manto talks about the fond memories he has of playing in Western New York.
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The Buffalo Bisons Hot Stove Show will debut on Time Warner Cable SportsNet on Tuesday, February 10 at 6:30 p.m. And let's not forget the big announcement. The Bisons and Buffalo will play host to the 2012 Triple-A All-Star Game. IL President Randy Mobley was on hand for the big news as the mid-summer classic returns to were it began some 25 years ago.
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Matt Hoffman's Pro BMX 2 takes you for a ride through free-roaming cities, where you can perform a variety of stunts on your bike. Choose from an array of professional riders--including Matt Hoffman, Ruben Alcantara, Cory Nastazio, Mike Escamilla, Nathan Wessel, and Joe Kowalski--and begin a skating career. You'll travel to eight expansive cities that come to life with helicopters, boats, cars, and pedestrians. Then, challenge your friend in Push mode, where every time you score big, your side of the screen gets bigger while your friend's shrinks.


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As well as being politically spot on, this website also has awesome psychic powers.
A small collection of fonts for Word and other programs, including take-offs of McDonalds and other corporate logos.
How long would it take the head of a big company to earn your pay? Trick question - they don't earn their pay.
An anarchist tribute to Tintin.
An introduction to the site and information on the latest things that've been added to it.
The Politician-Free Zone is the place to start if you're interested in reading about anarchist ideas. It has articles which between them answer most of the questions that people have, as well as a lot of cartoons and graphics.
The latest Australian and international news, facts and quotes.
Free board game based on the 1999 anti-World Trade Organization demonstrations.
A small collection of political tattoos.
Information about Rachel Corrie, an American killed by the Israeli army in 2003.
Carlo Giuliani was a 23 year old anarchist, killed by Italian police at a protest in 2001.
Useful or fun stuff on other sites.
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March 13, 2014
Book Review - Who put the Beef into Wellington? 50 culinary classics – who invented them and why by James Martin
This book contains 2 double page spread about 50 iconic recipes. The first gives a short history of the origins and context of the dish emerging and also briefly how it has captured the public imagination. The second gives the author's updated version of the dish. Recipes include Tarte Tatin, Melba toast, Waldorf Salad etc The latter entry includes the original recipes from The Cookbook by Oscar of the Waldorf 1896. The book also includes short entries on 10 classic cocktails including Bellini and Martini. This is a very engaging coffee table book to dip into. Wendy
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Kids stealing alcohol from Urbandale garages
Three teenagers arrested
Like many Iowans, Dan Halder has a second refrigerator in his garage.
Like many Iowans, he often keeps the garage door open when he's home -- which police say was just what 3 Urbandale teenagers were looking for.
"I was bent down sitting on my step and I get up to go, walk around the car, and I see this young man right in my garage," Halder said.
He said the kid asked for directions and left. But the teenagers apparently weren't deterred. They hit another home just a few blocks away that same day.
They were caught that night thanks to vigilant neighbors.
Police believe they may have been involved in dozens more cases like it and urge citizens to come forward because even if the target is just a beer, it's still a felony offense.
"They're breaking into that house," Officer Randy Peterson said. "Even though the garage door is open they don't have a legal right to be in that garage so therefore it is considered a burglary."
Halder and his wife said they aren't worried, but they will remove the temptation.
Urbandale police said that's a good idea for any homeowner.


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New County Executive Laura Curran took aim at Nassau's previous administration, headed by Ed Mangano, and Suffolk County Executive Steve Bellone set his sights on the Trump administration in their speeches before more than a thousand members of the Long Island Association, one of the Island's largest business groups, on Friday.
Their remarks came at the LIA's annual State of the Region Breakfast at the Crest Hollow Country Club in Woodbury.
Joking that she had only been on the job two weeks and already had "one epic snowstorm under my belt," Curran said that she has "inherited a mess," which she referred to as a "malaise."
That malaise, she said, "is beginning to lift."
The Nassau Interim Finance Authority recently ordered $18 million in cuts to Nassau's budget. It was the first time that the state panel, a public benefit corporation, demanded reductions of the county since it was formed in 2000.
Curran said one of her first acts as county executive was to order a "60-day critical analysis" of all county departments. All managers, she said, were tasked with assessing staffing levels and performance measures to achieve savings when and where possible.
She has also formed a task force that is responsible for tackling Nassau's broken assessment system. The county's property assessments have been frozen since 2011, by order of the previous administration. Curran has tapped Helena Williams, her chief deputy county executive, and formerly president of the Long Island Rail Road, to head the task force and determine precisely what effect freezing the assessments has had on the county's finances.
Myriad discrepancies and inaccuracies in the assessment system have long been thought to cost the county tens of millions, if not hundreds of millions, of dollars, while also leading to unequal assessments that benefit those savvy enough to hire large reassessment law firms that specialize in challenging assessments. (Those who do not file tax certiorari often pay hundreds, if not thousands, more in property taxes.)
Curran also spoke of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's recent announcement that the state was awarding development rights at Belmont Park in Elmont to the Islanders.
The Islanders, the county executive said, "will be coming home to Nassau County."
There will likely be an interim period between the time the franchise moves out of the Barclays Center in Brooklyn and a new 18,000-seat stadium is completed at Belmont. During that time, Curran said, she "desperately" wants Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale to be the Islanders' temporary home.
The Islanders reportedly plan to play at the Barclays Center for the 2018-19 season, but the team is seeking a way out of its lease agreement at the center. NHL Commissioner Gary Bettman recently toured the Coliseum with Curran, Islanders co-owner Jon Ledecky, Brooklyn Sports & Entertainment CEO Brett Yormark and LIA Chief Executive Officer Kevin Law to assess whether the arena could act as the Islanders' temporary home.
Calling Nassau and Suffolk counties "one region," Bellone said he was "excited by the possibility" of working with Curran. Both are Democrats. Mangano was a Republican who was indicted on federal corruption charges in 2016.
Bellone railed against the Trump administration during his 20-minute speech. "We absolutely crashed into 2018 going 80 miles an hour," he said.
The Suffolk executive spoke at length on the recent GOP tax plan that limits state and local (property) tax deductions to $10,000 annually. Reducing those deductions, he said, led to chaos at the end of 2017 as thousands of Long Islanders "scrambled" to pay part of their 2018 property-tax bills ahead of time and possibly lower their federal tax burden this year.
Bellone said that he "never could have imagined" federal legislation that would nix deductions for state and local taxes, adding that every member of Long Island's congressional delegation, both Democrats and Republicans, voted against the GOP tax plan.
Business Insider, he said, analyzed which regions across the U.S. would be most affected — negatively impacted — by the legislation. Long Island came out on top.
The Island sends $23 billion more in federal taxes to Washington than it receives in aid, Bellone said. In effect, he said, the Island will "subsidize tax cuts in other regions of the country."
"While we did lose the battle in the short term," he noted, "we will not stop fighting for our region."
Bellone also spoke on Trump's elimination of temporary protected status for 200,000 Salvadorans across the U.S. who have been living here as refugees to escape civil war and natural disasters. Fourteen thousand of those Salvadorans, who are now facing potential deportation, live on Long Island, Bellone said.
"This is wrong," the county executive said. "These are people … and they own homes .. and they pay taxes here. They call us neighbors, and we call them neighbors as well."
Salvadorans under the TPS program hold 4,000 mortgages in Nassau and Suffolk counties, Bellone said.


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We all get inspired and motivated from watching the Olympics. Watching athletes give their best to earn a gold medal inspires us to give our best performance as business professionals. A large part of the business world involves meetings, and a growing number of those meetings are online and involve web conferencing.
With this in mind, here are five tips that will help you give a gold medal worthy performance at your next online meeting.
- Test your equipment – Make sure that the computer you will be using meets the requirements needed to properly host a meeting. The AnyMeeting System Test is a great way to run a test on your computer and make sure you are good to go.
- Avoid distractions – It's important to be mindful of your location before you enter an online meeting and what distractions in the room (or on your person) may draw attention away from your presentation. Make sure any distracting elements are not able to be seen or heard before you begin. "When preparing for a Web meeting, imagine that your office is on stage and that the "audience" is in the room," Chris Christopher, Microsoft Business.
- Are you prepared? – Even if you are not the host of the meeting, you may still have to give a presentation. Be sure to practice before the meeting to ensure a flawless performance. You will also want to be mindful of your audience (the others in the meeting) and what questions or input they might have. "Make sure you have everything prepared before the meeting. Video conferencing will tend to magnify any lack of preparation on your part," Mark Shead, Productivity 501.
- Who speaks when? – Most online meetings have more than one person presenting. If you are the host, make sure everyone knows when it is their turn to speak and/or present. This will help ensure the flow of the meeting, and that everyone is ready when it's time for their presentation. "At the beginning of the virtual meeting, set ground rules for passing control and speaking," Patrick Moran, Mashable Business.
- Keep them engaged – Meetings, online or in person can be boring and tedious. So, be sure to keep everyone engaged. Have your audience answer questions, ask for input and/or questions from your audience, or even tell a joke or two (keep it clean though). This will help keep your audience in the game and paying attention. "Inject fun into the event. Need fun stuff sprinkled throughout," Tony Karrer, eLearning Technology.
As business professionals, meetings have become a large part of our everyday lives at the office. Be it with clients or colleagues, if your meeting is online, following these tips will help you give a gold medal presentation.


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Charicific Valley
|Charicific Valley
リザフィックバレー Lizafic Valley
|Charizard's Burning Ambitions
Charicific Valley is a location in the Pokémon anime series which is located just outside of Violet City. The Charicific Valley is a training facility for Charizards. The only known human who lives in the valley is Liza, who, along with her Charizard, Charla, protects the valley from intruders.
Ash left his Charizard at the Charicific Valley to train while he was traveling. Noticing how much his Charizard enjoyed spending time in the valley, Ash left it in the Charicific Valley to train. Since Charizard has been in training, it has become very powerful, learning many new attacks including Dragon Breath, Overheat and Steel Wing.


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Sidmouth Devon Guide to key sport and fitness events on offer. This is not just for the serious sporting enthusiast but also for those wanting to watch or complete something for fitness reasons. Browse listings of a range of sports events in Devon, from surfing festivals, to sailing regattas to organised coastal walks.
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I recently discovered this Danish company with the greatest collection of brightly patterned textiles and office accessories. Lots of wonderfully styled photos and their full line of products here.
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Great find, I love the bed linen!ReplyDelete
I love the textiles too, but a bit sad how they copied Varpu's baskets - made from the same materials and everything. I guess there is no way of avoiding good ideas being copiedReplyDeleteReplies
I agree with you Mette, I know they look too much like Varpunen's bags and that I definitely don't like! It's a frustrating thing. I have some of Varpu's sacks and will continue to support her!Delete
- AnonymousSeptember 04, 2012
I disagree, I think the bags from OYOY and from Varpunen have their own unique design. I think Varpunen uses the same colors as Ferm Living and also kind of the same pattern. It's all geometric shapes and nobody own the rights to make their own geometric site.Delete
@anonymous -it is much more about the materials and shape than the patterns -colors and geometric patterns are surely not something new. But this will happen, I know, and all you can do as a customer is spending your money with your beliefsDelete
I think they were designed around the same time, so I don't think anyone could have been inspired by each other.Delete
I myself as a designer has tried to design something and I thought my idea was so original until I found out someone had designed something very similar at almost the same time. How can you then say how owns the rights, when we both felt like it was our unique idea?
This blogpost just made my heart make a little somersault. These things are so beautiful. Thank you for sharing :) xReplyDelete
Danish and their colorselection is f**king fabulous! Love this palette.ReplyDelete
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Manchester Portrait Photography Masterclass Thursday 17th September 2020
Join internationally published portrait photographer Rory Lewis, on a one day workshop, to master portraiture and bring your work to the next level.
About the Tutor
Rory Lewis Photographer has made an outstanding contribution to photography and the visual arts, creating consistently imaginative and thought-provoking portraits. Sir Ian McKellen, Sir Patrick Stewart, Ian McShane, Sir Derek Jacobi, Natalie Dormer, and many others have sat for Rory and his unique portraiture style is becoming renown.
About the Workshop
"Learn more in one day than months of reading about photographic technique. ALL courses are practical tuition sessions giving you plenty of time to learn hands on the skills taught. Enabling you to work with professional models on the day and capture amazing photography for your portfolio."
Delegates will walk away from this course with the skill to develop and improve your portrait photography techniques. From Beginners to Intermediate Photographers, these sessions cater for the amateur and semi professional. Learn studio flash lighting, develop your understanding of studio technique and test using photographic models.
You will be shown the effect of soft boxes, umbrellas, snoots, beauty dishes and how to use reflectors. Developing soft and hard lighting techniques to change the mood and effect of a portrait. Learn what a main lights function is; and how to use fill lights, back lights and hair lights and be shown how they affect the final image.
Common Questions.
Do I need to bring any Lighting equipment? No Just your Camera & Lens, 85MM - 50MM Ideal for portraits.
Will I get to work with the models? Yes, plenty of time to shoot, working with the models and equipment.
Is the course aimed at Beginners? Yes and Intermediate Photographers who have knowledge on how to use their camera in manual mode.
Course Schedule
10:00am Rory Lewis Talk on the Medium of Portraiture
10.45am Coffee & Refreshments
11.00 am Capturing Portraits (Using Umbrella's, Soft-boxes)
12:30pm Lunch
13:00pm Capturing Portraits Using a Beauty Dish
14:00 Chiaroscuro Portraits Portraiture (Rembrandt Lighting, Split & Short Lighting)
16:00pm Rory Lewis Will Sum up the Day
"Excellent photography workshop. We went through 8 different light set ups starting with a single light source and ending up with two light sources with the tightest control of the light. There was a lot to take in and was very happy with the photos I took. The breadth of the material covered was excellent. Very pleased to have attended. Thanks Rory!"
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"In one word "Inspiring" "Rory was open to and encouraged all questions, which were answered in detail. Rory shared his extensive lighting knowledge in addition to how to bring out the character in a portrait subject in a fun. informal, enjoyable manner. Would recommend this course to any portrait photographer wanting to improve their craft."
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TV Kids -> Digital Kids -> Mobile Kids
Jim Henson's Muppets introduced the world to educational television almost two generations ago on November 10,1969. Up until then television as an education tool in the US was considered unproven. Sesame Street came up with a winning approach, combining both education and entertainment. As author Malcolm Gladwell has stated, "Sesame Street was built around a single, breakthrough insight: that if you can hold the attention of children, you can educate them".
Today, Sesame Street is the longest running children's program on television having been televised in more than 120 countries and receiving more Emmy Awards than any other television series, 118 to be exact. A staggering 77 million Americans watched the series as children.
The secret to Sesame Street, "the single, breakthrough insight", that by holding the attention of children in some creative way, enables education to happen became the foundation for the transformation from TV Kids to Digital Kids in the 90's as Bill Gate's vision of a computer on every desktop began to take hold. And as was the case with TV as an educational tool very few imagined that the PC had any connection to children. Pioneers like Seymour Papert envisioned children using computers as tools for learning. In 2005, Papert, together with Nicholas Negroponte and Alan Kay launched the One Laptop Per Child, an initiative to provide $100 laptops to every child in the developing world.
Today our kids may be on the cusp of another transformation from Digital Kids to Mobile Kids. As the University of Michigan's Elliot Soloway puts it, "The kids these days are not digital kids. The digital kids were in the '90s. The kids today are mobile, and there's a difference. Digital is the old way of thinking, mobile is the new way."
On Duke University's Center for Instructional Technology web site a section on Mobile Devices in Education states that "mobile devices offer an opportunity to further educational goals by leveraging and building upon the functions of technologies already adopted by and considered indispensable to a majority of students."
The site lists the following "blue-sky" (where have I heard that before) examples of mobile technologies and how they are used as tools in education.
- One-way text messaging for announcements and updates like ClearTXT.
- Interactive two-way messaging to check availability of school resources like NC State Universitys MobiLib. Also to search campus directory, check transit system schedules, or use Google's SMS service to search the internet from your phone.
- Flexible mobile content delivery like Guide by Cell which produces auior tours of libraries museums and outsoor spaces, access lessons, test prep or just-in-time look up information.
- Practice exercises for study and review using iQuiz or Study Cell which enables teachers and students to create flash cards online and then download to their phones.
- Mobile creation and publishing of media like Gabcast which is an podcasting and audio blogging platforms accessible through mobile phones.
- Context-aware computing like Mediascapes from Hewlett Packard Labs which enables users to author and play multimedia content (image, audio, or video) on a mobile device based on context triggers like location triggers in GPS enabled devices.
- Social-networked mobile learning tools are a fast growing area with sites enabling mobile device access like Facebook for study groups. Coursefeed has an application that brings brings Blackboard's functionality to Facebook accounts. Go here for a list of the "Top 50 Web 2.0 Tools for Info Junkies, Researchers & Students".
- Gaming and simulations engage users in games that combine real world experiences with additional information supplied to them by mobile devices. The MIT Scheller Teacher Education Program has been creating "Augmented Reality" (AR) simulations. From the site "AR simulations embed participants inside lifelike situations and help them understand the complex scientific and social dynamics underlying authentic problems in a variety of subject areas including the sciences (e.g., ecology, environmental science, geological sciences, forensics, and health sciences) as well as more diverse content areas including history, economics, local sociology, math and language arts.
- Use of mobile/hand-held devices in the classroom to facilitate classroom class polling and quizzing and in general group collaboration around a concept
In the January 2009 report "Pockets of Potential - Using Mobile Technologies to Promote Children's Learning " by Carly Shuler for The Joan Ganz Cooney Center at Sesame Works the author writes "Just as Sesame Street helped transform television into a revolutionary tool for learning among young children four decades ago, advances in mobile technologies are showing enormous untapped educational potential for today's generation."
Despite the legitimate public concern about the "disruptive track record" of mobile devices in schools the report argues that there is emerging data that gives reason to be excited about its potential. As Mrs. Cooney recently noted, "Now is the time to turn the new media that children have a natural attraction to into learning tools that will build their knowledge and broaden their perspectives." Unless we do, the gulf between what children do informally and in school will widen, diminishing the educational opportunities all of our children need and deserve."


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The holidays are in full throttle and the year is quickly coming to an end. You have a few days left to get some last minute gifts/improvements for your home and reap the rewards of the tax benefits in your 2013 taxes.
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December 19, 2013
Oregon and Southwest Washington I 2013 Third Quarter Market Update
Posted in Market News by Matthew Gardner, Chief Economist, Windermere Real Estate
In the third quarter of 2013, the region reported 11,064 home sales—a modest decline of six percent over the second quarter of the year, but still a 17 percent increase over the same period in 2012. Year to date, there have been over 30,000 home sales, an increase of close to 5,000 units when compared to the same period a year ago.
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December Perspectives
Posted in Perspectives by Jill Jacobi Wood, OB Jacobi & Geoff Wood
When Windermere opened its doors in 1972, real estate was a very different business. Sales contracts were written on cocktail napkins and sealed with a handshake. There were no websites, iPhone apps or, in some cases, even yard signs, so you had to rely entirely on your agent to show you what was for sale.
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December 11, 2013
Is Condo Ownership Right for You?
Posted in Buying by Tara Sharp
Condominium homes are a great, low-maintenance choice for a primary residence, second home, or investment property. This alternative to the traditional single-family home has unique issues to consider before buying, as well as unique benefits. Here's some background information to help you decide whether purchasing a condo is a good match for you.
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December 06, 2013
Modern holiday decorations
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Do you deck the halls of your home with cherished family holiday decorations or are you drawn to the sleek minimalist lines of contemporary holiday displays? For those of you who might be looking for ways to give life to old decorations or you simply need some inspiration to add to your current repertoire, we have added a Modern Holiday Décor board to our Pinterest page.
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When using an enterprise monitoring tool such as Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c, one of the most critical components is notification. Once an alert or issue has been identified, how do you tell the right people at the right time? Most enterprises use e-mail or open a trouble ticket. As you can imagine, no two enterprises are the same when it comes to their tools and processes. Many customers use one of the more common and well known trouble ticketing systems but quite a few use non-standard or custom (homegrown) trouble ticketing systems. Some customers have special routing requirements or corporate standards and have custom applications which handle all emailing functions instead of directly emailing using an SMTP server.
Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c can handle all of these situations by utilizing one of the various notification methods provided: E-mail, 3rd party connectors and advanced notification methods. There are three types of advanced notifications: SNMP, OS Command or PL/SQL. This blog will introduce you to the OS Command and PL/SQL notification methods available in EM 12c and provide an example of using a custom OS script for notifications.
Advanced Notification Methods: OS Command and PL/SQL
With the advanced notification methods, you can write a notification directly to a table or an OS log for further processing or push a notification to any trouble ticketing system using their command line tools providing the data and variables from EM 12c as input. This method is used by some customers whose corporate standard requires that all alerts be written to a log file, which the ticketing system can poll on a regular basis for alerts. Additionally, advanced notifications allow you to call a procedure whose interface is PL/SQL or access additional data in the Enterprise Manager repository. For example, for a database alert on % of Processes or Sessions Used, you could use PL/SQL to notify the proper application team (stored in a custom target property) that they have too many sessions. To create and configure advanced notifications, the user must have Super Admin privileges.
When creating an advanced notification the first step is to create the OS or PL/SQL script. It's highly recommended to include debugging and logging information so you can fully understand what information EM 12c is passing and assist in troubleshooting. When using an OS Command in a multi-OMS environment, the script needs to reside on all OMS servers or preferably in a shared location. If you plan to use PL/SQL, the procedure must be created in the repository database before configuring it as a notification method. Of course, any custom objects created in the repository should be created under a separate schema and privileges granted to the SYSMAN user.
The Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Administrator's Guide chapter on Notifications has detailed examples of OS Scripts and PL/SQL that can be utilized in different situations. This chapter also provides detailed information on using passing information to the OS or PL/SQL script and troubleshooting.
Creating Custom Notification Methods
After defining the OS Command or PL/SQL Script, you need to add it to EM 12c as a notification method. In this example, we will create a simple OS script that logs events to a log file, which can be further processed by a custom ticketing system.
if test -f $LOG_FILE
echo $TARGET_NAME $MESSAGE $EVENT_REPORTED_TIME >> $LOG_FILE
exit 100
To create a notification method login as a user with Super Admin privileges and select Setup / Notifications / Notification Methods. Under the Scripts and SNMP Traps section, click the Add drop down box and select OS Command and click Go.
Enter a name and provide the fully qualified script location. Use the Test button to validate and click Save.
Adding Notification Methods to Incident Rules
To receive notifications, you will need to create an Incident Rule set and select relevant targets and events to notify and then select the OS Command advanced notification method we created earlier. In this section we will go through the steps to create a simple incident rule. For full details on how to configure your Incident Rules, see the Oracle Enterprise Manager Cloud Control Administrator's Guide.Go to Setup / Incidents / Incident Rules. At this point you can either select a rule set to edit, or create a new rule set. In this example we are going to create a new rule set by clicking Create.
On the first screen, enter a user friendly name and description. Since this example is planning to use an advanced notification choose Enterprise.
Since we only want notifications on our Production targets, we're going to narrow down the list of targets. On Targets tab select Specific targets, select Groups in the drop down box and click Add. Search for the desired group and select.
Click on the Rules tab, and select Create.
Select the type of rule to create, in this example we are using Incoming events and updates to events.
Enter filter criteria, in this example we are filtering on all Metric Alerts in Severity Warning and Critical, click Next.
On the Add Actions screen you will define the action that you wish the notification to perform. Click Add.
In the Create Incident or Update Incident section you can choose to create an Incident, assign Incidents to an administrator, set priority/status or escalate (if update is selected). Under the Notifications section, you can select Basic Notifications to send an e-mail or page to a particular user or users, on top of any methods you might select in the Advanced Notifications section. In Advanced Notifications you will see the method we previously created, select that method and click Continue.
Click Next.
Provide a user friendly name for your rule and a description, click Next.
Review the details of your rule and click Continue.
Note the rules are not saved until the Save button is clicked. Click OK.
Review your rule set and click Save.
Click OK.
Validating Incident Rules
Once you have configured your rule set, you should trigger a critical alert on one of the targets included in the rule set. Verify that the rule set triggers the notification method you created and logs the event in the log file. It's helpful to keep the e-mail option turned on during testing so you can validate when the rule was triggered as well.
Identify a target in the group you configured notifications for in the previous section. For this example, we will use a database instance and trigger a Process Limit Usage (%) event. From Oracle Database / Monitoring / All Metrics, I've identified a metric that I can lower thresholds on to trigger an event. Click on Process Limit Usage (%) to drill down to this metric. Notice our Real Time Value of Processes is 16.4.
Click on Modify Thresholds to set thresholds.
Set the Warning and Critical thresholds lower than the Real Time Value we made note of earlier. Ours was 16.4, so setting the Warning to 5, and Critical to 10. In the Occurrences before Alert field, you may wish to change the value to 1. Since the collection frequency is 10 minutes, if occurrences are set to 3, you will have to wait 30 minutes for it to trigger and again to clear. Click Save Thresholds.
Close the confirmation window.
Navigate to Oracle Database / Monitoring / Incident Manager. Since we have the out-of-box rule set enabled we get an Incident for every critical metric alert and we can see the incident for Process Limit in the Unacknowledged incidents view. If you have disabled the out-of-box rule set or don't see the incident, check the Events without incidents view. Select the appropriate line and in the lower pane click on the Events tab.
On the Events tab click on the Message link to drill into the event details.
Here you'll see the notification method was called under the Last Comment field. From here, click on Updates tab to see more details.
In the Updates tab, you will see the details of the alert and the notification method that was called to run our /tmp/event_log.sh script.
Finally, we can check the /tmp/event.log file and see the information that was reported. Be sure to go back and set your threshold to its regular value to clear the false alert you triggered!
The options for notifications in Oracle Enterprise Manager 12c are very flexible. You can choose e-mail, one of the available connectors to integrate with a 3rd party ticketing system, or use one of the advanced notification methods (SNMP, OS Commands or PL/SQL). In this blog, we've shown you how to create an advanced OS Command notification method, how to configure an incident rule set to call that method and how to validate by triggering an alert. Once you are familiar with how to create advanced notification methods and rule sets, you can customize your notifications to suit your needs.
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Arna Bontemps
Wendell Bontemps was born on October 13, 1902, in Alexandria,
Louisiana, the son of a Creole bricklayer and schoolteacher. At age
three he and his family moved to Los Angeles after his father was
threatened by two drunk white men. Bontemps grew up in California, and
was sent to the San Fernando Academy boarding school with his father's
instruction to not "go up there acting colored." This Bontemps later
noted as a formative moment, and he would resent what he saw as an
effort to make him forget his heritage. He graduated from Pacific Union
College in Angwin in 1923 with an A.B.
In 1924 he accepted a
teaching position in Harlem. He married Alberta Johnson, a former
student, in 1926; they would eventually have six children. Though his
original plan was to obtain his Ph.D. in English, he accepted teaching
positions to support his family. Luckily, it was while teaching in
Harlem that he would become closely connected to the Harlem Renaissance
and befriend major artists such as Countee Cullen, W.E.B. DuBois, Zora Neale Hurston, James Weldon Johnson, Claude McKay, Jean Toomer, and especially Langston Hughes, with whom he frequently collaborated.
Bontemps first published his poems in Crisis in 1924, and also later in Opportunity,
both literary magazines that supported the work of young African
American writers. In 1926 and 1927 Bontemps win three prizes for his
poetry from these publications. His first book of fiction was God Sends Sunday
(1931), the story of a fast-living black jockey named Little Augie. The
book received mixed reviews: praise for its significance as a book by a
black author but also criticism for its emphasis on the seamier side of
black life.
That same year Bontemps moved to Huntsville, Alabama,
where he had accepted a position at Oakwood Junior College. In 1932 he
received another prize for the short story "A Summer Tragedy" and
published his first two children's book, Popo and Fifina: Children of Haiti, with Langston Hughes, and You Can't Pet a Possum in 1934. He began work on Black Thunder: Gabriel's Revolt: Virginia 1800,
the story of an aborted slave rebellion led by Gabriel Prosser. The
novel, published in 1936, was finished in his father's California house.
At the end of the 1934 school year Oakwood dismissed Bontemps, a
reaction to the combination of his radical politics, out-of-state
visitors, his personal book collection, and the school's own
conservative and religious views.
In 1943 Bontemps received a
master's degree in library science from the University of Chicago. He
was appointed a librarian at Fisk University, a position he held until
his retirement in 1965, followed by honorary degrees and professorships
at the University of Illinois and Yale University, and a return to Fisk
as a writer in residence.
He died June 4, 1973 from a heart attack, while working on his autobiography. Though Sterling A. Brown
and Aaron Douglas noted that his writings have not received the
critical attention deserved, his work as a librarian and historian point
to him as a great chronicler and a preserver of the documents of black
cultural heritage. His family's old Louisiana home is now the Arna
Bontemps African American Museum and Cultural Arts Center.
A Selected Bibliography
Personals (1963)
American Negro Poetry (1963)Golden Slippers: An Anthology of Negro Poetry for Young Reader (1941)Hold Fast to Dreams (1969)The Book of Negro Folklore (1959)The Harlem Renaissance Remembered (1972)The Poetry of the Negro (1949)
Father of the Blues (1941)
Black Thunder: Gabriel's Revolt: Virginia 1800 (1936)Chariot in the Cloud (1929)Drums at Dusk: A Novel (1939)God Sends Sunday (1931)Sad-Faced Boy (1937)The Old South (1973)
For Children
Popo and Fifina: Children of Haiti (1932)The Fast Sooner Hound (1942)You Can't Pet a Possum (1934)
100 Years of Negro Freedom (1961)Great Slave Narratives (1969)The Story of the Negro (1948)They Seek a City (1945)
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VANCOUVER, BC – Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23 (5W-4L-2D) battled to a 1-1 draw against Victoria Highlanders FC (7W-1L-2D) on Friday evening despite being reduced to 10 men. The point was enough for Vancouver to claim the Juan de Fuca Plate for the second season in a row.
Sasa Plavsic opened the scoring with a long-range effort for Vancouver before they were pegged back by an equally good strike from distance from Victoria's Brett Levis before halftime. Late on in the second half, Niall Cousens received his second yellow card late but late heroics from goalkeeper Marco Carducci preserved the point.
The first two matches between the provincial rivals this season ended with each team getting a win, a 3-2 victory for Victoria in Vancouver and a 5-3 win for Whitecaps FC on the Island. However, the 'Caps held the edge in goal difference courtesy of their two-goal win, meaning they needed only a draw to win the Juan de Fuca Plate.
Whitecaps FC looked dangerous from the opening whistle. In the first minute midfielder Michael Winter lined up a shot from well outside the area that flew just over the bar.
A minute later, Cam Hundal made a run into the box before cutting back for Peter Bow. The midfielder struck a first time effort that Highlanders FC keeper Elliot Mitrou did well to tip over the bar.
A good cross-field ball from Bobby Jhutty on 17 minutes found Bow in the box who in turn touched the ball to Plavsic to take a first-time shot that was deflected behind. The resulting corner fell to Plavsic but his close range shot was blocked by a Victoria defender.
Vancouver opened the scoring in the 23rd minute with a fine solo effort from Plavsic. The striker looked to be surrounded by Victoria defenders but made space for a shot into the corner that was too hot to handle for 'keeper Mitrou, who got a glove to it but could not keep the ball out.
Despite Whitecaps FC looking comfortable, Victoria got an equalizer in the 40th minute when Levis drove from deep, played a one-two with Jordie Hughes and fired into the bottom corner from just outside the box.
Just before halftime Cousens was shown his first caution after winning a header outside the Victoria area. The referee judged the header as a foul from the striker and produced the yellow card on 45 minutes as the teams went into the break level.
After a quiet opening to the second half, on 64 minutes a good move from Victoria found Jordie Hughes clear inside the box. The midfielder found himself one-on-one with Carducci but the young 'keeper made a great save to keep the score level.
Whitecaps FC were dealt a blow when Cousens tumbled towards the 'keeper following a challenge from a Victoria defender. The referee deemed the incident to be worthy of a second yellow card to the Vancouver striker and reduced the team to 10 men for the final 16 minutes.
With the man advantage, Victoria pressed for a late winner and looked set to claim it with three minutes remaining. The ball was played into the area to Jordie Hughes whose powerful first time strike was kept out by Carducci who recovered quickly enough to then deny Blair Sturrock with the close range rebound. Sturrock then lifted the ball clear of the bar as Whitecaps FC hung on.
Despite a late barrage from Victoria, Whitecaps FC held on to seal the Juan de Fuca Plate on goal difference.
Head of high performance Stuart Neely was pleased with the outcome and happy to lift the plate under the circumstances.
"I think what the boys showed tonight was a lot of discipline and a lot of character," commented Neely. "We knew the Highlanders would come to play a good game and we're certainly disappointed not getting maximum points. We're very happy we've won the plate and it's a good boost for the boys."
Neely reserved special praise for young goalkeeper Carducci. "He's a 16-year-old boy and he's made two world class saves," Neely said. "Those are the kind of saves that international quality 'keepers make and he's won us the plate tonight."
Next up for Whitecaps FC U-23s is a home match against Cascadia rivals Portland Timbers U-23s on July 12, 2013. Kickoff at Thunderbird Stadium is at 7p.m. PT and admission is free to the public.
Scoring Summary:
Vancouver Whitecaps FC U-23:
22. Marco Carducci; 2. Colton O'Neill, 4. James Farenhorst, 5. Derrick Bassi, 16. Michael Winter; 3. Ethen Sampson (26. Kevin Cobby 77'), 10. Bobby Jhutty, 23. Cam Hundal, 24. Peter Bow; 12. Sasa Plavsic, 17. Niall Cousens
Substitutes not used:
13. Sean Melvin, 9. Gagandeep Dosanjh, 7. Harry Lakhan
Victoria Highlanders FC:
29. Elliot Mitrou; 2. Kalem Scott, 5. Ryan Ashlee, 13. Tyler Hughes, 15. Andrew Ravenhill; 16. Brett Levis, 24. Gareth Langdon, 10. Riley O'Neil, 4. Gavin Barrett (26. Sam Prette 81'); 17. Jordie Hughes, 21. Blair Sturrock
Substitutes not used:
J1. Joel Wilson, 23. Adam Ravenhill, 18. Cameron Stokes, 11. Craig Gorman, 7. Sahil Sandhu, 19. Jermele Campbell